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§§§¨¨§¨§¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ¨§§¨§§§¨§§
¨¨§¨§§§§¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ §¨§§¨¨§§¨¨
¨§§§¨¨¨§¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND ~  ~  ~ ~ §§¨§¨§¨§¨¨
§¨¨§¨¨§§¨§ ~ ~  ~  ~ BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. ~  ~ ~ ~ ¨§§§§§§§¨¨
§¨§§¨§¨§§¨ ~ IT WAS  BUILT IN  THE  LATE SIXTIES. ~ §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨§§§§¨§¨ ~ ~ ~ THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. ~  ~  ~ §¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ §¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§
§¨§¨¨§¨¨§§ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ §¨¨¨§§¨§¨§
§§§¨§§¨§¨¨ THEY  WERE  VERY  MANIPULATIVE,  AND  WE §¨¨§¨§§§§¨
¨¨§§¨§§§¨§ CAME TO TRUST THEM.  ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ US §¨§§§¨¨¨§§
¨§¨§§¨¨§§§ KIDS  WOULD PLAY DOWN AT  THE WATER EVEN §§¨¨§¨¨§¨§
§§§¨§¨§¨¨§ THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨§¨§§¨§§§§
¨¨§§§§§¨§¨ ~  ~  SOMETIMES THE  SLUICE  WOULD CLOSE §§§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§§§¨ ENTIRELY,  AND  THE  RIVER AT  THE  DAMS ¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨¨
§§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ FOOT  WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE  ROCKY ¨§¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§§¨§§§ WATER  GARDEN   THAT   HAD  BEEN  HIDDEN §§§¨¨§¨¨¨§
§§¨§¨§§¨¨§ BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. ~ ~ ~  ~ ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§§
¨§§§§¨§¨§¨ ~ ~  ~  ~ BEFORE  THE  DAM OPENED AGAIN, ¨§§§¨§¨§¨¨
§¨¨¨§§§§§¨ THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL,  BUT THE  ELVES §¨¨§§§§§¨¨
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨ WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR  IT, AND SUDDENLY §¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§
§¨§§¨¨¨§§§ WE WOULD FIND THE  WATER RISING, ALREADY §§§¨¨¨§§§¨
§§¨§¨¨§¨¨¨ AT OUR  KNEES. ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§§
¨§§§¨§§¨¨§ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨§§¨§§¨§¨¨
§¨¨§§¨§¨§¨ ~  BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD  BE  GONE.  ~ §¨§§¨§§§¨¨
§¨§¨§§§§§¨ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ §§¨§§¨¨§¨§
§§§§¨¨¨¨§¨ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨§§¨§¨§§§¨
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